taking someone else's watch steps from airport workers and other passengers. why wasn't he caught? president obama's advice to america's men on this certain romantic holiday. >> i speak from experience here. it's important that you remember this. i'm tamron hall. the "news nation" is following new development in how family members plan to say good-bye to whitney houston. her family has decided on a private funeral for the singing legend. the funeral will be held at new hope baptist church in newark, new jersey. that's the church that she attendeds a child and where she sang in the choir. there had been talk of a public memorial at the prudential center, but her family decided against that idea.

>> they thank all of the fans and friends and the media, but this time is their private times. they have shared her for 30-something years with the city, with the state, with the world. >> meanwhile condolences continue to pour in. even president obama extended his sympathies to her daughter, bobbi kristina. no new information from the police as a cause of death. a lot of fans have been coming by the church. are you hearing disappointment from folks who thought it would be a big funeral like with michael jackson? >> reporter: absolutely. they thought this would be an opportunity to show their concern, love and grief for whitney houston. they wanted to do it publicly. some folks have been saying they understand the family's wishes. one man said it's time for us to

follow whitney's music and let the family put her to rest in private. many people would want to be publicly visibility in showing their appreciation and love of whitney and have said they are disappointed that they won't be able to do that. >> what can you tell me about, there was talk of a camera that this would be recorded. not sure if it would be made public. >> reporter: yes. we are hearing there will be one camera allowed in the church. it's camera that will go out to all of the different news organizations that we can put together our stories and share it with the public. there's no word to whether or not that could be streamed live over the internet. i have to point out that this is a very fluid situation. information has been changing kind of rapidly. there was talk there would be a public and massive memorial service for her funeral service at the prudential here that

seats something like 18,000, but that was dispelled, if you will, and now the service will be at her home church which seats only about 2,000 people, and it will be invitation only. it will be family, close friends, dignitaries and others who may choose to invite. >> all right. thank you. now to decision 2012 and the race for the republican presidential nomination. fresh new evidence that rick santorum may no longer be a long shot. a third national poll is getting a lot of attention today as it shows rick santorum neck and neck with mitt romney. the latest cbs new york times poll among republican primary voters you see santorum leading with 30%. mitt romney falls in second by not much. a stark contrast from last month. that's when the same poll had rick santorum trailing mitt romney by 12 points. a new poll of michigan gop

primary voters also has the former senator from pennsylvania leading in the state where romney grew up and where his father was governor. santorum is up by six points outside the margin of error. joining me now michael smerconish. he's also msnbc contributor. on the phone we have bill ballinger. i'll start with you bill since you're on the phone. let's talk about the numbers showing rick santorum ahead in the state where mitt romney was born. i know people are saying you've got a lot of time, but when it's your hometown, you've had a lifetime. he won there just four years ago. >> mitt romney must be tearing his hair right now because he's done everything right in traditional terms. he's got huge list of endorsements. he's raised more money than anybody. rick santorum is totally unknown in michigan. probably hardly ever been here

in his life, and yet, two polls came out yesterday showing him ahead of mitt romney. >> if he's done everything righrigh right, what is he doing wrong? >> i think our races have become nationalized in every state. what you're seeing here in michigan is explainable because of what voters have seen happen in iowa and new hampshire, south carolina, florida, the who two-month period up until now. >> if they were watching what happened in new hampshire, that would mean a victory for mitt romney. if they're watching in florida that would equate a victory for mitt romney. they have to be looking at iowa or you have some conservatives in your state that have an issue as we know with mitt romney. the two states you named, the guy won. >> i think the narrative in this race is romney versus somebody other than romney. who is that? six of them have dropped by the wayside but there are three of

them left. anybody in any state, michigan or other wise will coalesce around which ever candidate looks like he has the best chance to beat romney. >> let's bring in michael smerconish. if we had a dollar for every time we heard somebody say anybody but romney, we could blow this popsicle stand and get new jobs. it's crazy that we keep hearing this narrative and especially in his home state or the state where he was born, i should say. >> there are two things going on. one is what you made reference to which is this continued story line of a conservative base being disenchanted with mitt romney. the new data says mitt romney now has problems with independents. there's been a drop in his standing among independents. you know i've been saying along i think he's the ineftable gop.

rom neep has tacked to the right trying to curry favor with the gop base and he's been unsuccessful in doing that. it's also cost him. >> again, i go back to michigan here. you can look at the national numbers and chuck todd was talking about it earlier. we know we're not at that state and every state as we've seen with the split in who's won where has an individualized taste. look at this one state where rick santorum closed the gap significantly. they have big ad bites going up in michigan. they are going after newt gingrich of all people. >> if you look at the internal in that running well among democrats and independents. that's what's giving him such a significant margin in this race.

here is the problem for romney. romney can bring santorum down a couple of pegs in this minds of those voters. the rational insensitive issue that emerged several issues ago when santorum said something on the stump that was awkward. you're going to bring down santorums numbers among independents. the problem for romney is that to raise those issues, i think he harms his standing with he's kind of ham strung here in w to go after rick santorum. >> bill, the super pac has bought $640,000 in ads in your state. rick santorum will highlight president obama and highlight himself as opposed to going down and dirty. we were talking about the bail out in detroit.

i guess he's doubling down. he said american taxpayers have been left on the hook to benefit unions and the union bosses who contributed millions to election campaigns. as president, i would not tolerate it. the obama administration needs to act now to divest itself in ownership position in gm. analysts say this won't play a big role in the primary, but if he gets the nomination, it will. >> it probably will in the general and obama and the democrats have already started pounding romney abouts turning his back on the auto industry here in michigan with the new york times editorial three years ago. i would just say romney thought he could win michigan without breaking a sweat. he may not be able to do it without dropping another money bomb or the super pacs on his behalf. just as happened in florida and iowa back in december. i don't know how much longer he can go on doing that. >> let me bring you back in,

michael, we have some comments that rick perry, even though he's a newt gingrich supporters, he's offered up some advice to mitt romney. governor perry dropping out of the race after having a deback. >> caller: he said you have to stand up in front of american people and say what you did on health care was wrong. you need to stand up and clearly distance yourself from the biggest issue that's out there with this president. that's advice from governor rick perry to mitt romney, michael. >> it's not going to happen. obviously, governor romney thought through prior to the start of the this campaign how he was going to handle that issue. everybody knew that was going to be the defining issue, and it splans what we're talking about. the lack of passion among the base of the gop. this is the issue that gave rise to the tea party movement in 2010 and gave the gop control of the house. it's an issue on which mitt romney really can't run.

therein lies the key to what we're discussing. >> thank you for joining us. coming up, israel's cabinet minister vows to quote, settle the score after a series of blasts the country calls attempted terrorist attacks by iran. retreat or trap? house republicans make a concession about the payroll tax cut extension. why they are not supporting the deal, and we've got new comments from the president about the tax cut and his budget. >> tax cut pass the extension of unemployment insurance. plus, unclaimed fortune. listen to this, the winner of a $336 million jackpot has yet to come forward. we got a lot of theories on it. we'll tell you the story coming up. that's my twitter page. ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪

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welcome back. a tense encounter between u.s. navy warship and iranian patrol ships in the strait of hormuz. several iranian boats cut this front of those navy ships. one boat was turned away by u.s. military helicopter that fired flares into the water. u.s. navy initiaofficials say t were able to pass through. iran has been threatening to close the strait. do we know anymore regarding why the boats took this action? >> good afternoon. well, it's been very little report from the iranian media

about the u.s. fleet entering the gulf. they say they will protect its interest in the persian gulf and retaliate against any u.s. interest. an iranian navy boat won't be much of a match for the uss abraham lincoln. they can fire missiles from the boat. i think the point of the exercise this morning was to make their presence felt. to say you can't come and go unimpeded. we're here. we have a thousands miles of cost on the border. we can cause problems. they want to make their presence felt, but i don't think they wanted to escalate into an international incident yet. it's a very precarious water way and a commander could make a move that could trigger a set of events. >> thank you. we'll keep you updated. today, president obama

called on congress to engs tend payroll tax cuts to 160 million americans while providing jobless benefits. house republicans have conceded on the tax cuts but unemployment insurance remain in the balance. now many are asking if separating the extensions from the jobless benefit s a retreat by republicans or some kind of trap being set for democrats. luke russert joins us live from capitol hill. what is the latest there? >> reporter: it depends who you ask. democratic minority whip said that obviously the republicans are in retreat on this issue. they know it's a loser for them. whoever, by separating the payroll tax cut from unemployment benefits there's chance of the unemployment benefits could be delayed in going forward. that's what president obama was saying earlier today. this comes on the heels of an

about faced turn with the gop yesterday with boehner, cantor and mccarthy saying they would support the payroll tax cuts going forward unfunded. back in the day of november of 2011, they said those had to be totally paid for. there's still some republicans uncomfortable with this idea. listen to senator in pennsylvania earlier today. >> i've got some real reservations. this is money that comes out of our social security resources. yeah, it really should be offset. i'm going to wrestle with this one. >> reporter: that shows there's some difficulty in the senate over the republicans idea and the house amongst republicans. good news for boehner and cantor and those guys. a group that very much has a score card for members of the house, republican conference on

how conservative their votes are, they are now okay with it going forward not paid for because they see it as political kabuki. it will be interesting to see what happens. 160 million americans would like to see it. it's still very much up in the air as well as unemployment benefits. we're only a few weeks out, february 29th. >> the president has revised this hash tag twitter campaign where people would say what they would do with the extra $40. let me play the remarks the president said today regarding congress. >> to everyone who went online last december and told us what it would be like to lose $40 in every paycheck, you should know you made all the difference. >> congress needs to extend that tax cut along with vital insurance lifelines for folk who is have lost their jobs during this recession. they need to do it now without

drama, without delay. >> he says what he said yesterday, no drama, no delay. >> reporter: he's positioning this fight much like in november which is he's going against the obstructionist congress. we talk eed about this two week ago. both sides understand the payroll tax cut have to go forward. republicans would like to see unemployment benefits go forward. both sides are going to go forward on this issue until one field is losing the messaging one. the second one is losing the messaging war, they will back off. this is more about the messaging than the politics than anything. >> thank you for your live report. greatly appreciate it. coming up, president obama welcomes china's vice president to the white house saying a strong u.s. china relationship is good for the rest of the world. what china's vice president is

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mystery. the prize must be claimed within a year. just how lucky do you have to be to match the five winning numbers? the odds are 1 in 175 million. i'm joined now by the director of the rhode island state lottery. such a pleasure to have you on. thanks for joining me. >> thank you very much. it's very exciting day in the state of rhode island. >> it really is. this is the sixth largest in u.s. history. we've already gotten tweets in from some of the people who were watching when we were teasing this story. they believe the person is lying low and getting an attorney in order or really have no idea and chucked the ticket by mistake. what do you think has happened? >> first of all, we're quite excited about rhode island being the first of the new jackpot, the $2 powerball jackpot. it's exciting to be the first

state in the nation to have a winner so small states can win. we believe in a situation where the individual has not come forward is probably the proper thing to do. they're seeking legal and financial assistance. it's quite a large amount of money. they want to make sure they are totally prepared when they come to the lottery and make their claim. >> if they take a lump sum, how much money are we talking about? >> $210 million before taxes. we take federal taxes and state taxes. i'm sure they will have a small on their face paying those taxes. >> i believe from what i'm being told that rhode island does not give a commission to the store that sells the winning ticket but the state takes out $12 million in taxes on the prize money. >> that's true. we don't pay a bonus to the retailer and the likelihood of

having a large jackpot is so remote and infrequent that we pay a percentage of 8% per dollar sale. they would rather have that consistent commission over the long term and our retailers have never asked for that bonus payment and lower their commission because it's going to come from someplace. >> for those of you that may have bought a winning ticket the numbers are 1, 10, 37, 52, 57. we'll see what happens. they got a year to claim the money. i hope they do it very soon. i'm hoping it's somebody who needs it. thank you so much. >> thank you very much. coming up, after allegations of horrifying employee abuse at apple's factories overseas, the company is now asking that an outside group come in and audit working conditions.

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you fellas out there and ladies. he directed it to themen out there. he sat down with china's vice president today ensuring the leader that the u.s. welcomes the rise of beijing in the world. the president told xi jinping that the strong powers is good for the rest of the globe. it comes amid sharp policy differences between the u.s. and china over syria, iran and economic issues. joining me now is john harwood. this is about business, but it's a meet and greet. kind of a getting to know you for lack of a better description. >> reporter: exactly. happy valentine's day. this is a meet and greet that is looking forward because vice president xi is expected to become the chinese leader in 2013.

it's an important getting to know you visit after vice president biden had lunch there. that is likely to be an issue in the campaign because mitt romney, the republican candidate has proposed a tougher line on china than the president has. he'll see if mitt romney says anything about this visit and whether that becomes an issue in the coming days and weeks. >> there was discussion regarding china's human rights record. >> reporter: that's right. that's among the issues that vice president biden offered straight talk. both the president and the vice president consistently in their meetings with china said fwhewed to have a relationship of mutual benefit. also expects more from china.

security is one area. still have outstanding issues with iran and north korea and on trade and the evaluation of that chinese currency. thank you. an israeli cabinet minister says his country will settle the score after a suspected bombing today. a man was in a home when a staff of explosives went off by accident. the man tossed grenades at police when they arrived. in a bizarre twist the man as captured after a grenade bounced off a tree and seriously injured him. four civilians were hurt in all of this. this follows two bombings only yesterday that hit israeli diplomatic targets in india. israel is calling this attacks acts of terrorism by iran. >> that's right. they are calling them acts of

terrorism. now the israeli public security minister who used those terms, settling the score, didn't actually use the word iran specifically, but he did make it clear that israel knew who carried it out and you got to call it a bungled attack in bangok today. israel believes it was the target and it was iran or iran proxy like who are behind these attacks attacks. what does settling the attack mean? escalation of what we're seeing already. perhaps more iranian scientists will be targeted. we could see more of those sticky bombs. the kind that were used yesterday against israeli diplomat diplomatic officials.

the important point is that it does not mean that israel is ready to strike iran's nuclear facilities. they are saying it's not there yet. israel is being pressured to see economic sanctions play out in iran. it doesn't want to be seen as jumping the gun at this point. it's probably going to be more tit for tat. tamron. >> thank you, jim. new information after supreme court justice is robbed at knife point. it tops our looks at stories around "news nation." a man broke into the vacation home. the robber took $1,000 in cash. the justice was not hurt. the robber has not been caught. italian prosecutors are not giving up on their case against amanda knox. they want to reinstate her

murder conviction. the court is expected to enter a decision. knox returned to the u.s. last year after an appeals court overturned her conviction for murdering her roommate. watch out. surveillance video shows what happens if you don't keep an eye on your stuff. passenger forgot her $6,000 rolex. another passenger sees it and instead of turning it in, he takes it. he picks up his little ipod and then, watch, let get that. let me get my stuff and walk away. he looks around and makes an escape. he's still out there. coming up. >> you're worth more money dead than alive. >> that is what chaka khan had to say about artists so many of

them become, i guess they make more money dead than alive. we're learning more ant whitney houston's finances and we're talking about why she may be right when it comes to whitney. here are some things we thought you should know. a new poll shows the fight for a massachusetts seat could come down to how the two debate against one another. the poll shows democratic elizabeth warren in a statistical guy with scott brown. the poll also found 60% of voters say they might change their mind depending on performance in debate. a protest outside the dog show is aimed at mitt romney. about a dozen demonstrators gathered to protest romney after the story was re-revealed that he took a trip with family and strapped his dog in crate on the roof of the vehicle. that happened in 1983.

one of his sons told the story. organizers of the dog against romney website say they have about 25,000 members. the protesters held signs that said mitt is mean and dogs are not luggage. newt gingrich gave a california crowd some details on his evening plans. >> all i can promise you is that i believe she will be quite happy tomorrow night. hopefully exchange gifts and reconnect a little bit. i'm not going to give no more details. >> wonder if anything will come from tiffany's. president obama had some words of wisdoms to all you fellas out there. >> a quick public service announcement for the gentlemen out there. today is valentine's day. do not forget. i speak from experience here. ♪

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i'm martin bashir. iran's threatening stunts strikes a dangerous toen as u.s. and iran chan ships cross. will you be mine? a valentine's day wish for every republican candidate. we're on the trail and love is in the air. back to you. thank you. i appreciate it. apple is responding to outrage over reports of i think humane treatment of workers at factories in china that make apple products. they are now asking for an independent audit of its factories in china. the audit comes as the wall journal says apple is planning to release a new ipad. let's talk about the more

serious thing. why is apple changing? they have done audits internally, but now they're going to an independent audit. >> in those same years the pressure has been mounting. we have heard of suicides, inhumane conditions and after some pretty heavy coverage by the press, they don't have much choice. >> these are severe allegations, people working till collapse. a suicide, explosion from some of the chemicals taking multiple lives at factory. >> these are conditions that wouldn't be allowed in the u.s. now that americans are all buying these apple products and reading about where they came from, there's an outcry. >> we saw this with some consumers that are feeling guilty shs is that the catalyst that made the change. >> i don't think they want to take any chances. they see discon tent with the press and they don't want that to boil over into the malls. >> the other story is regarding

this possible new ipad that could come out this spring that would have a smaller screen. they are being criticized already. >> i wouldn't hold your breath. we doubt this will see the light of day. it might exist in some apple lab somewhere. >> i heard steve jobs was against this. >> he always thought it was too small. his will remains. his personality, and ego still guides that company. >> i heard one of my producers say isn't the smaller ipad just an iphone. >> they are reaching for something in the middle. something that might compete with the kindle fire. >> what about the report that a new ipad could be released by march, whatever the size, is that possible? >> it's probable. it will probably look like the one wes have now.

>> that would be the third in a row that works the same. it's a little faster. >> apple very much has a daring mentality when it comes to stuff and they always don't fix it if it didn't broken. >> if i'm going to pay an addition additional, i think they start at $500 and the to of the line goes up to 1,000. isn't the pressure to add something? the camera was better but okay. >> they might change it in terms of thinness. >> we'll see what happens. i can't just be enticed by it. they got to change the gift. >> it's a valentine's day gift. >> i like the way you think. thank you. it's a pleasure. coming up, we have a lot going on including president obama is welcoming these two faces. come on. you don't know who that ri.

i'm not going to read the names. they'll be at the white house to celebrate blues music. one act from his adopted hometown of chicago and buddy guy will perform. p it showcase hispanic, broadway and country music. within hours of her death whitney houston has had dozens of her most celebrated songs on the itunes best seller list. right now "i will always love you" that the number one spot in three countries. she joins the ranks of deceased artists like michael jackson and amy winehouse who saw boosts in the sales after their death. chaka khan talked about industry pressure. >> i had a manager that said to

me, you're worth more money dead than alive. okay. i'm just, by the grace of god, standing here. i could have easily, easily because of a lot of pressure from the label i was with at the time. >> julia covers the media and entertainment for cnbc. i know i saw your tweet talking about some of the sales with whitney houston's music. we don't know her financial situation. there's been some reports she was in dire straits but now she could be worth, and i hate to say it, dead than she was alive moneywise. >> certainly there is what we call and it sounds grim but they call it a death bounce. we saw it with amy winehouse. her 2006 album shot to the to of the charts. i think we are seeing that again with whitney houston. we don't know her financial

situation when she passed away. we know she will see a massive boost in sales from her albums. one thing that's interesting is she did not write the song. like michael jackson did. she won't benefit as much as the michael jackson estate did after he died. in the 12 months after michael jackson passed away, his estate brought in $279 million. that's a huge amount of money considering he was no longer produzing new music. i think with her the number will be in the tens of millions of dollars. we could see $10 million come into her estate from the sale of music from the months following her death. >> we reported yesterday in the increase of price that sony increased the price of her most popular music. forbes has the to five earners and they include three people who passed away, michael jackson, elvis presley and

marlin monroe. charles schultz was on the list and john lennon made $12 million. >> i think the reason why michael jackson earned so much is because he wrote those songs, he wasn't just performing them. he also earned the publishing rights. i think she will be reinintroduced to fans. i think a whole new generation of younger fans is learning about her now. she's costarring with the star of "american idol," jordin sparks. >> she was coexecutive producer of that movie. it was a labor of love.

some of her money had to be in that if she's part of producing it. >> it's unclear if she put in money or just working on it. that's the kind of a movie that would have a great sound track and see a lot of sales. >> all right. thank you so much. greatly appreciate you joining me. thanks. coming up, we want to know about what you think regarding the stunning concession by house republicans. we talk about it with luke russert a few minutes ago. do you believe the move is really a retreat by republicans or as we explored earlier, is it a trap for democrats? it's our "news nation gut check." guess what, you can join us the "news nation" on our facebook page. go on right now on the commercial break. it's facebook.com/newsnation. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe?

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good afternoon. it's tuesday, february 14th, and here's what's happening. high seas showdown. iran at its most provocative yet. >> there were some tense moments. >> a u.s. carrier group in an encounter far too close for comfort by sea and by land iran pushes the u.s. and its allies to the brink while the world watches with baited breath.